His breath was hot on her skin. Samantha knew they shouldn't take too long or her Dad would be upset at them for being later than expected. She turned in Howie 's arms and locked eyes with him. She ran her hand along his jaw line. He took her hand in his and kissed her fingers, one by one. She smiled. She knew there was no way she could resist him. She wanted to be with him as much as he wanted to be with her. Never before in her life had she craved sex. Howie had changed that. Her body ached for him. It seemed like such a cliché the first time she had thought it. Now she realized it wasn't all in her mind. She physically needed Howie. She needed the closeness of his body and the warmth of his touch. Closing her eyes, she nodded slowly.

Howie pulled her body as tightly to his as he could. He kissed her lightly, his lips barely touching hers. He looked into her eyes. 'All I have ever wanted in my life is reflected in those beautiful green eyes of hers.' He licked his lips before once again pressing them to Samantha's. He slowly ran his hands along her back as he deepened the kiss. He let his hands roam to her hips. He broke contact with her lips by placing a feather light kiss on the bridge of her nose. "You have the cutest patch of freckles on your nose." he said kissing the spot one more time. He took a deep breath and separated from Samantha enough to see all of her face. "God I love you Samantha! The past couple of weeks have been torture without you. Hearing your voice doesn't come close to holding you in my arms or feeling your lips pressed to mine."

Everything around Samantha felt kind of fuzzy. 'I hope I am not going to almost pass out again.' she thought. "I feel exactly the same way Howard. I never dreamed I would grow as close to anyone as quickly as I have come to love you." She pushed up on to her toes and kissed him. "I love you with all of my heart Howard."

Howie glanced around the room quickly, a plan formulating in his mind. He took Samantha's hands in his and kissed her. "Since we don't have an enormous amount of time," he smiled slyly and raised his eyebrows at her. "I have an idea if you are game."

Samantha scrunched her eyebrows together and giggled nervously. "What did you have in mind?"

"Don't look at me like that! You know I wouldn't hurt you!" He crossed the room and got a chair from the table. Samantha watched as he went into the bathroom and emerged with a towel, which spread over the chair. He looked at a Samantha. He was pleased to see though she was biting her bottom lip, she had a huge smile on her face. "I take it this arrangement meets with your approval?" He grinned back at her.